by Cláudio Carvalhaes The classroom is a microcosm of theological education. It changes and perpetuates ideas, behaviors and ideologies. But the classroom is a result and consequence of a larger scheme of structural practices...

by emilie m. townes The opening paragraph of the Vanderbilt University Statement of Commitments: The Divinity School is committed to the faith that brought the church into being, and it believes that one comes...

Some notes on the visual constructions of race by S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate In the final seconds of their struggle, Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown because of a visual...

(1859-1930) For nearly 30 years Emma Ray, who was born into slavery and raised in poverty in Missouri, ministered to the homeless and transient in the slums of Seattle, Wash., along with her husband,...

by Loida I. Martell-Otero When those of the dominant culture express shock and dismay at events such as those that took place in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, when they claim with indignation that this...

by Paul Alexander Harvard’s Project Implicit has some great tests available online for you to test your implicit—not explicit—biases regarding a variety of aspects of our shared humanity. One you could start with is...

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